Homicide investigators have released the name of a Jersey City woman who was strangled yesterday and additional charges are expected to be filed against the father of her child, who is in critical condition after officials said he jumped off an elevated highway during a police chase Tuesday night.

Following a domestic violence incident Tuesday, police responded to the woman's home on Old Bergen Road at about 6:30 p.m. at the request of a concerned friend and found the body of Marilyn Albizu, 33, who was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

An autopsy has revealed she died of strangulation and the manner of her death was homicide, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino said last night.

Initial reports that she was stabbed to death were incorrect.

At 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the address on a report of a domestic dispute and spoke to Albizu, who said she had been assaulted by the father of her child, Nathan Williams, 36, of the same address. Albizu refused both medical attention and a restraining order but police issued a warrant for Williams' arrest on the charge of assault, Rubino said.

After Albizu was found dead, neighboring police departments were asked to be on the lookout for Williams and the vehicle he was thought to be driving.

The vehicle was spotted in Newark at 11 p.m. Tuesday and a pursuit ensued, Rubino said.

Williams was driving an Escalade with stolen plates heading east on I-78 and state police pursued the vehicle onto the New Jersey Turnpike and then onto I-280, State Trooper Jeffrey Flynn said.

Williams jumped out of the vehicle on Route 280 near the Orange Street ramp, leading to a foot pursuit across Route 280. Williams then jumped from the highway, dropping 30 to 40 feet. Newark officers recovered a handgun from Williams, Rubino said.

Williams had been sought by Jersey City police as a 'person of interest' in the homicide, authorities said.

Williams was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he remains in critical condition from injuries sustained when he jumped. He has been charged by Newark police with eluding police, firearms offenses and other crimes, Rubino said. State police said two other people in the vehicle were also taken into custody.

"This afternoon, the Medical Examiner determined that Ms. Albizu's cause of death was strangulation with neck compression and the manner of death was homicide," Rubino said. "Additional charges are expected against Williams."

Anyone with information on the homicide is asked to call the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's Homicide Squad at 201-915-1345.